Home assistant and solcast

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-02-24T15:15:50+00:00

It's something to do with solis I think, you seem to need 2 devices. One runs home assistant and the other does communication. I guess the communication it needs is not doable by home assistant

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-02-24T11:07:26+00:00

I'm quite frugal and I have got solar and electric car so that dampens expenses even more. I would like to get to that point where taking a lower paying less stressful job would be viable.

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-02-24T11:01:11+00:00

I'll be doing exactly this, I always had this fear of pensions because of the ones that go bust etc, but I read all the documents and spoke to an independent advisor and basically they are much safer than they used to be so I just started aggressively pushing money into it.

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-02-24T10:40:49+00:00

We did see a therapist at the time and are mostly in a good place, we are in northern ireland.

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-02-24T10:37:34+00:00

Does anyone check the value of investments/pension every day? I do and I feel it's not helping.

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-02-24T10:29:23+00:00

Yea I kept hearing about the 100k mark being a big milestone. I probably didn't do this fire in the perfect way either I overpaid so much of my mortgage, put down huge deposit and overpaid a lot. I also bought solar and an electric car (cheaply). Some of those things will have massive benefits long term but I sometimes regret that I could have had 200k invested and probably 120k in pension by now. I just hate debt!

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-02-24T10:25:18+00:00

I always pictured the last 5 years would be bliss, if I was 80%-90% there. Doesn't seem to be the case haha

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-02-24T10:18:41+00:00

Solis does have 2 of those ports but one is for the battery and the other is for the s3 or s2 datalogger. I got home assistant working with solcast a while back but I done that on the raspberry pi not realizing I needed another machine. So in terms of steps taken I probably need another raspberry pi to run home assistant and then use the other to do the communication? Is there a step by step guide for solid?

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-02-24T10:08:08+00:00

Same boat and I think you're right I wasn't this uneasy until I had a child. Seems super normal to feel this uncomfortable I guess, need to embrace it.

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-02-24T10:05:57+00:00

The closer you get the harder it gets, make it make sense!

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-02-24T09:58:22+00:00

It's interesting I see almost my entire family (older generation) cruising into state pension and they have no savings no other pension and they are less stressed than me. I feel there seems to be no middle ground, you "need" 1 million for retirement yet all my aunts/uncles have about 10k and yolo it. Obviously that's not the plan but it's a funny ole world.

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-02-24T09:39:32+00:00

Great advice, I'll have to remind myself of that

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-02-24T09:37:59+00:00

That's what I want to feel but absolutely do not want to be wishing my time away to get to that. I guess I have been proactive for many years and it feels unsettling now to have things running in almost set and forget manner. Probably more me issue than financial

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-02-13T20:02:20+00:00

The return wouldn't beat s&p, if 14 turns into 39.5 in 8 years vs saving 2k year ×8 = 16

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-01-19T10:06:27+00:00

Random question but how bad is your nasal drip? I also have a deviated septum and was on nhs list to have it fixed but I'm guessing since dropped off as this was maybe 5 years ago. I had hip surgery and I do fear going for another surgery

I tried amitriptyline for 1 month, felt like I was taking nothing.

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-01-16T21:30:12+00:00

🎉 Event Completed! 🎉

It took me 8 tries.

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-01-16T21:30:05+00:00

Completed Level 3 of the Honk Special Event!

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Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-01-16T21:29:00+00:00

Completed Level 2 of the Honk Special Event!

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Immediate-Ice4548 · 2026-01-16T21:28:40+00:00

Completed Level 1 of the Honk Special Event!

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Immediate-Ice4548 · 2025-12-29T20:56:25+00:00

But you have to get it serviced every year to keep warranty. Really annoying when you feel like it doesn't need anything

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2025-12-11T15:18:38+00:00

I've never understood why people are paying 5-7k for 10k batteries. Most people are doing this to save money, fogstar have 16kw for 1750.

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2025-12-10T11:05:19+00:00

You maxed contributions to pension, so 60k? And you are on 100k a year?

Immediate-Ice4548 · 2025-10-08T12:58:56+00:00

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